IEEE Orange County Computer Society

The Future of Mobile Computing - Abstract

This talk will provide an overview of the mobile device market and current mobile platforms. It will then elaborate on the specific characteristics of the many new platforms now reaching the market, including Google's Android, Palm's WebOS, Apple's iPhone/iPod Touch and the open-source Maemo system, among others.

The talk will answer practical questions such as:
- which mobile platforms are the most promising technically?
- what mobile platforms should I target when creating my mobile application or service?
- can I develop an application using a single code base and support all of the popular mobile platforms?
- what are the sorts of real-world problems I might encounter when developing a mobile application?

William C. Fisher - Bio

William C. Fisher is president and founder of Quicksilver Software, Inc. His interests range from strategy game development to simulation-based training and artificial intelligence design to usability and user interface design. Mr. Fisher has been a long-time designer and player of strategy games, including military-related titles. His understanding of teaching through gaming, coupled with his strong interest in artificial intelligence software development, continues to be an important asset in the company’s military training software projects. Some of his best-known strategy titles includeCastles, Castles II, Conquest of the New World and Star Trek: Starfleet Command.

Under his direction, Quicksilver has developed products in multiple markets, including entertainment, education, simulation, and mobile applications. Quicksilver’s military training titles include Full Spectrum Command, DARPA DARWARS, and the Distribution Management Cognitive Training Initiative (DMCTI) software, which was awarded the U.S. Army Modeling and Simulation Award in 2008; in the education market, titles include Maurice Ashley Teaches Chess and Type to Learn 4; and products for mobile platforms include AMF Xtreme Bowling, BurgerTime Delight, andStar Trek: Tactical Assault. Quicksilver’s most ambitious projects to date is the creation of the Longbox Digital Comic Book System, which is scheduled for beta release this year.

Mr. Fisher holds a B.S. degree with honors in Mathematics and Computer Science from UCLA. He has participated actively as a leader in a number of industry organizations, including the International Interactive Communications Society (IICS), the Software and Information Industries Association (SIIA), and the Multimedia PC Standards (MPC3) Committee. He is currently on the board of the IEEE GameSIG and leads up its educational outreach efforts.

Meeting Arrangements

Location is: DoubleTree
Networking and hors d'oeuvres start at 6PM
Presentation starts at 7PM for an hour or more plus Q&A

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Note, there will be a charge to defray expenses (i.e. meeting room + food):

	Early Registration (ending Oct 22nd)	Late Registration (Oct 23rd-Oct 26th)
IEEE Members	$12	$20
IEEE Student Members	$6	$15
non-Members	$18	$25

Note: non-members can fill out the membership application and sign up as a member
Payments made at the door will use the Late Registration prices (so please RSVP early)

Date (Usually 4th Monday of the month)	Topic	Speaker
Oct 26th	The Future of Mobile Computing Click here to RSVP	Mr. William C. Fisher President and founder of Quicksilver Software, Inc.
Nov 30th (Event is cancelled)	Postponed to Spring 2010 Biomed Visualization on the Hiperwall Venue: UCI CalIT2 Bldg	Prof. Joerg Meyer,PhD Dept of Biomedical Engineering, and Dept of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science UCI School of Engineering
Dec	dark

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